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  • Baadasssss!
  • Opened September 7, 2003 | Runtime:1 hr. 48 min.
  • The city was Detroit, and a weathered Melvin Van Peebles sat alone in the Grand Circus theatre watching only a few ticket buyers enter where his new film - his follow up to the successful comedy Watermelon Man - was about to play. After months of Read More
  • Cast: T.K. Carter, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Paul Rodriguez, Ossie Davis, Rainn Wilson, Joy Bryant, Khleo Thomas, Mario Van Peebles
  • Director: Mario Van Peebles
  • Genres: Period Film, Docudrama, Showbiz Drama, Drama

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Baadasssss! Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    What's fascinating is the way Mario, working from his father's autobiography...

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    The beauty of Baadasssss! is the way Mario Van Peebles salutes his father's...

  • 80
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Does a terrific job of capturing the outlaw energy of the original production.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Baadasssss! is the portrait of a visionary with a blind spot, a man starved for...

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